The twentieth century has been a brutal century. It is the only century which has had the dubious honour of exterminating the lives of hundreds of millions of human beings because of ideology. Much of the blame for this brutality…

Posted on 12 January 2009
The twentieth century has been a brutal century. It is the only century which has had the dubious honour of exterminating the lives of hundreds of millions of human beings because of ideology. Much of the blame for this brutality…
Posted on 27 September 2008
At the close of their 2008 Plenary Assembly which met in Cornwall, 22-26 September, the Bishops of Canada issued a pastoral letter, titled “Liberating Potential”, which invites all the faithful “to discover or rediscover,” the message of the Encyclical Humanae…
Posted on 29 January 2008
Many years ago, I had the opportunity to witness directly to two women who were about to undergo abortions. Both occasions were at my place of employment and occurred within months of each other.
The first time I heard that one…
Posted on 07 January 2008
December 28, 2007
FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS
Archbishop Luigi Ventura,
Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
724 Manor Avenue
Ottawa, ON KIM OE3
Your Grace,
For the past five years, I have been involved as a Catholic activist in the Ottawa area. In this time, I have represented…
Posted on 30 October 2004
Modern Catholic apologetics is often associated with historical questions or scriptural exegesis. Theological questions such as justification, the role of the Bible in the Christian Church, and the nature of Church authority, for instance, remain very common and popular topics…
Posted on 08 May 2004
Spending Power to Spare
Even real estate is not immune. “When real estate companies realized that the gay consumer had disposable income, that was when things started to change,” said Adam Thompson, managing broker at Rainbow Realty Corporation in Elmhurst, Illinois,…
Posted on 05 April 2004
Not Just Crying “Wolf!”
There are also atheistic governments which oppress and persecute the Catholic Church for her teachings on sexual morality. In the past, these governments were primarily communist or fascist in ideology. Today, sadly, most western governments purporting to…
Posted on 20 March 2004
Inviting All, Stumbling None
Third, the Declaration's opponents say that the Church is implicitly approving other religious professions by allowing their followers the civil right to publicly profess their faith. Yet, the fallacy in this reasoning rests in a fundamental misunderstanding of…
Posted on 11 October 2003
The Holy Father often speaks about the contemporary battle between the culture of life and the culture of death. Nowhere is this cultural battle more pronounced than with regard to the institution of marriage.
Weapon of Choice for the Culture of…
Posted on 11 September 2003
Politics and money inarguably the two most powerful and worldly instruments to get things done. For most faithful Catholics, our focus has been on ensuring our vote is consistent with our Faith. In the decades following Roe v. Wade,…